why oh why

Rating: 5/10 (20 August 2005)

why oh why do I keep going to these over-hyped plastic products that pre-expose their "plot" in the trailer?!
why oh why do I keep going to see Michael Bay movies?
why oh why hasn't anyone told mister Bay that a good action sequence isn't based upon how "shaky" the camera movements are?
... I could go on and on.
Once again I was tricked by the big Hollywood machine to go see this film. I enjoyed about 45 minutes of it. And then the script runs out of worthy dialogue and we're left watching the same escape/explosion scene with that tired old word "RUN" being shouted now and then.
The visuals are fine, but that shouldn't be a problem when you're spending the deficit of a country to make a mindless action flick. The acting is reasonable, but once again it has been proved that actors need a good script to deliver a good performance. Ewan already failed to do so in the Star Wars prequels and isn't doing a better job this time around. And now Scarlett Johannson is down to Natalie Portman's level when she played the irritatingly wooden Amidala.
Did it suck big time? No, the build up is fine. But then some idiot producer decided that he didn't want the audiences cerebrums stimulated any longer. No no, keep 'm dumb, make stuff go boom now *drool drool*
If you know what to expect, you'll be able to live through it just fine. If you think Michael Bay has finally figured out how to make a decent film ... you probably forgot your medication.
5,5/10